Valdai Club

It is likely that Syria will again become a field of rivalry between the Arabian monarchies. Thus, in the Persian Gulf zone, there is a tendency to establish ties on the internal contour, but at the same time, competition on the external borders is intensifying. This trend is likely to intensify in the future, writes Dmitry Polyakov, researcher at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The author is a participant of the Valdai – New Generation project.  

Mutual desire to strengthen security is justified in the context of the growing Iranian-Israeli confrontation. If the Jewish state manages to draw the Islamic Republic into a direct war, the Arabian monarchies are unlikely to be able to stay on the side-lines, Dmitry Polyakov writes.